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Paying Taxes: Does The IRS Take Plastic?Have your clients ever inquired about paying their federal tax bill with a credit card or debit card? Drake provides two options to help your client pay their…
March 17 Business Filing Deadline – 5 Quick RemindersThe filing deadline for business returns is a week away! This year, since March 15 falls on a Saturday, the filing deadline becomes the next…
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Termination III – Firing clientsBy James StorkVP of Education, Drake Software Sooner or later, every firm has to fire a client. That’s counter-intuitive, because one of the most powerful tenets in…
Securing your Client Data Of all of the subjects that got the attention of the industry – the Affordable Care Act, identity theft, and licensing of tax preparers among them – one did not get much…
National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress; Focuses on Taxpayer Bill of Rights and IRS FundingWASHINGTON — National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson today released her 2013 annual…
Some IRS Assistance and Taxpayer Services Shift to Automated Resources Given available resources and shifting taxpayer demands, the IRS will be making a number of taxpayer service changes for the 2014…
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PCAOB Offers Firms Advice on Fixing Audit Quality Problems The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has added a page to its Web site to provide information to audit firms where quality control…
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Salaries on the Rise for Accountants and Financial AnalystsThe staffing company Robert Half is projecting a 3.4 percent uptick in salaries for accountants next year, according to the 2014 edition of…
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Six Trends That Are Reshaping Business Accountants excel at analyzing numbers and developing strategies based off them.The way University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor James Johnson,…
Seminars from the 2013 Forums Now Available at IRS Nationwide Tax Forums OnlineWashington ― The IRS today reminds tax professionals that they can earn continuing professional education credits online…
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